Monica H Green
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
Medhist = medieval + medical history (https://hcommons.org/members/mhgreen2/). Daughter #2 of Marlon & Eleanor Green. Focusing on Global Health. Latest: https://www.history21.com/owit-module/the-black-death-the-medieval-plague-pandemic/
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Monica H Green
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
· Oct 23
www.science.org
Forgot to update this 🧵 on what seems to be evidence for 13thC plague in Europe w/ my latest piece. This appeared in @science.org in Sept, but was submitted in July: "Discordant Dates in Disease History: Comment on Sidhu et al. 2025," www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (eLetter at bottom). #histmed
"Making frequent use of the subjunctive mood (si vivens sit, si vivat), the will captures grammatically, but no less movingly, the unpredictability of the present threat yet probable future prospect of sudden death." Latest addition to 2nd Plague Pandemic biblio resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What is Family in an Age of Plague? The Liber Lynne and the Urban Family in Late Medieval England | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
What is Family in an Age of Plague? The Liber Lynne and the Urban Family in Late Medieval England - Volume 64
resolve.cambridge.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"Making frequent use of the subjunctive mood (si vivens sit, si vivat), the will captures grammatically, but no less movingly, the unpredictability of the present threat yet probable future prospect of sudden death." Latest addition to 2nd Plague Pandemic biblio resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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What a wonderful thing. I was always so spooked by the sudden death of a coworker’s best friend at 26 from cervical cancer. Went for her routine pap smear, no symptoms or anything, found irregular cells, 6 weeks later she was dead. 26 years old. She’d just bought a new car “all by herself”. Insanity
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What a wonderful thing. I was always so spooked by the sudden death of a coworker’s best friend at 26 from cervical cancer. Went for her routine pap smear, no symptoms or anything, found irregular cells, 6 weeks later she was dead. 26 years old. She’d just bought a new car “all by herself”. Insanity
Just learned today of the passing of my former student, Torrence Nathaniel Thomas (but always "Torry" to me). Truly giving thanks to have had such a kind, wise, always *funny* person in my life. He was a gift. www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/w... #MedievalSky #DukeAlums
Torrence Thomas Obituary - Washington, DC
Celebrate the life of Torrence Thomas, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Joseph Gawler's Sons, LLC.
www.dignitymemorial.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Just learned today of the passing of my former student, Torrence Nathaniel Thomas (but always "Torry" to me). Truly giving thanks to have had such a kind, wise, always *funny* person in my life. He was a gift. www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/w... #MedievalSky #DukeAlums
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It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week!
This week @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @benecal.bsky.social and @aetiology.bsky.social take on RFK Jr.’s AIDS Denialism. It’s a great read.
This week @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @benecal.bsky.social and @aetiology.bsky.social take on RFK Jr.’s AIDS Denialism. It’s a great read.
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Has Plainly Stated His Belief in the Falsehoods of AIDS Denialism | Defend Public Health
In June 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told New York Magazine, "There are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS." This is blatantly false, contradicted by mountains of data and real-world ...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week!
This week @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @benecal.bsky.social and @aetiology.bsky.social take on RFK Jr.’s AIDS Denialism. It’s a great read.
This week @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @benecal.bsky.social and @aetiology.bsky.social take on RFK Jr.’s AIDS Denialism. It’s a great read.
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The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
"*Remember* what happens when race gets erased!" Really wise words from Dr Crenshaw on the need to look ahead to the future and prepare for it.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"*Remember* what happens when race gets erased!" Really wise words from Dr Crenshaw on the need to look ahead to the future and prepare for it.
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hey on Mondays we try and post something about the Middle Ages, the study of the Middle Ages, the work we're doing, the work others are doing, and more. You can subscribe for free.
We liked this study that used multiple disciplinary models to make an argument about biodiversity ca 500-100.
We liked this study that used multiple disciplinary models to make an argument about biodiversity ca 500-100.
Wow! @lollardfish.bsky.social & @profgabriele.com going all in on a new study using pollen to document biodiversity at & around the Abbey of St Gall in the Carolingian Age. buttondown.com/ModernMediev... #MedievalSky #interdisciplinarity
Carolingian Biodiversity
How Interdisciplinary Can and Should Work
buttondown.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
hey on Mondays we try and post something about the Middle Ages, the study of the Middle Ages, the work we're doing, the work others are doing, and more. You can subscribe for free.
We liked this study that used multiple disciplinary models to make an argument about biodiversity ca 500-100.
We liked this study that used multiple disciplinary models to make an argument about biodiversity ca 500-100.
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Fascinating work that should highlight the work of the institute for Geoanthropolgie of the @maxplanck.de
www.gea.mpg.de/184479/medie...
www.gea.mpg.de/184479/medie...
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fascinating work that should highlight the work of the institute for Geoanthropolgie of the @maxplanck.de
www.gea.mpg.de/184479/medie...
www.gea.mpg.de/184479/medie...
Wow! @lollardfish.bsky.social & @profgabriele.com going all in on a new study using pollen to document biodiversity at & around the Abbey of St Gall in the Carolingian Age. buttondown.com/ModernMediev... #MedievalSky #interdisciplinarity
Carolingian Biodiversity
How Interdisciplinary Can and Should Work
buttondown.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wow! @lollardfish.bsky.social & @profgabriele.com going all in on a new study using pollen to document biodiversity at & around the Abbey of St Gall in the Carolingian Age. buttondown.com/ModernMediev... #MedievalSky #interdisciplinarity
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ACLS celebrated the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes at The New York Public Library last month. The event was moderated by Beth Daley of @us.theconversation.com and highlighted the impact of making high-quality research freely available to readers worldwide: https://bit.ly/3WXDivw
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
ACLS celebrated the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes at The New York Public Library last month. The event was moderated by Beth Daley of @us.theconversation.com and highlighted the impact of making high-quality research freely available to readers worldwide: https://bit.ly/3WXDivw
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
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There's just a certain depth and breadth that the humanities and social sciences bring to my current work in academic public health. Hard to explain it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
There's just a certain depth and breadth that the humanities and social sciences bring to my current work in academic public health. Hard to explain it.
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Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
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My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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Submit comments today. Deadline tomorrow. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/23/t...
The Relentless School Nurses: Your Voice is Your Power – Defend Science-Based Vaccine Policy Now
In a time when science and public health are under unprecedented scrutiny, the role of school nurses in safeguarding student health has never been more critical. Vaccines remain a cornerstone of pu…
relentlessschoolnurse.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Submit comments today. Deadline tomorrow. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/23/t...
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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I love this so much
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I love this so much
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Delightful!
I followed the link to the 100 best hoaxes list and have spent a chuckly Sunday morning with it
hoaxes.org/aprilfool/P40
I followed the link to the 100 best hoaxes list and have spent a chuckly Sunday morning with it
hoaxes.org/aprilfool/P40
Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time
We have researched the entire history of April Fools Day and selected the top 100 examples of April Foolery ever.
hoaxes.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Delightful!
I followed the link to the 100 best hoaxes list and have spent a chuckly Sunday morning with it
hoaxes.org/aprilfool/P40
I followed the link to the 100 best hoaxes list and have spent a chuckly Sunday morning with it
hoaxes.org/aprilfool/P40
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Rummaging around for something (as one does), and stumbled on this 2012 story about a 1977 April Fools joke still infamous among the typesetting crowd. Interesting to think how long the half-lives of jokes are. I'll bet more people know font names now than in '77. www.theguardian.com/gnmeducation...
April fool - San Serriffe: teaching resource of the month from the GNM Archive, April 2012
Each month we provide resource material that can be used in the classroom. This month we are looking at the Guardian’s most successful April Fool’s joke, San Serriffe
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Rummaging around for something (as one does), and stumbled on this 2012 story about a 1977 April Fools joke still infamous among the typesetting crowd. Interesting to think how long the half-lives of jokes are. I'll bet more people know font names now than in '77. www.theguardian.com/gnmeducation...
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would still clog if you flush wipes.
Sadly, we both missed an opportunity to bid on this last night at Sotherby’s
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
would still clog if you flush wipes.
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As I always say when some right-winger starts going on about "red tape that slows innovation", every regulation on the books represents a lesson we as a society learned the hard way, and then encoded so we wouldn't forget. It's someone's blood & pain.
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
As I always say when some right-winger starts going on about "red tape that slows innovation", every regulation on the books represents a lesson we as a society learned the hard way, and then encoded so we wouldn't forget. It's someone's blood & pain.